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  In Sidhu vs Amarinder tussle, Punjab CM has the edge

  India | June 08, 2021 20:25 IST

  Sources revealed that most of the MLAs have voted in favour of Captain Amarinder leading the party in the next Assembly election scheduled to be held next year.

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  Discussed poll preparations, says Amarinder Singh after meeting Congress panel

  Hakikat Kya Hai | June 04, 2021 22:29 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appeared before a three-member Congress panel here on Friday, reportedly formed by the party high command to sort out the problems in its state unit. The meeting lasted for more than three hours.

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  Punjab withdraws order to provide vaccines to private hospitals amid political slugfest

  India | June 04, 2021 21:11 IST

  State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday said he has ordered a probe into the Oppositions' allegations that its government has been "diverting" Covid vaccines to private hospitals.

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  Congress infighting: Amarinder Singh okay with Dalit deputy CM but puts 'conditions'

  India | June 04, 2021 15:06 IST

  Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu have been engaged in a bitter war of words. Sidhu has publicly attacked the chief minister over an SIT report on the sacrilege issue in Punjab.

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  Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appears before Congress panel

  India | June 04, 2021 13:31 IST

  Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Friday appeared before the three-member panel headed by Mallikarjun Kharge to resolve differences with Navjot Singh Sidhu.

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  Punjab: Bholath legislator Sukhpal Khaira, 2 rebel AAP MLAs join Congress

  India | June 03, 2021 14:34 IST

  The chief minister inducted the three legislators before going to Delhi for a meeting with the three-member panel formed to resolve the infighting in the Punjab unit of Congress.

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  'Stated truth': Navjot Singh Sidhu after meeting Congress panel to resolve Punjab feud

  India | June 01, 2021 15:59 IST

  Sidhu resigned from Amarinder Singh's Cabinet in July 2019 after he was divested of the local bodies portfolio. He is in the political wilderness since then.

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  Amarinder vs Sidhu: 3-member Congress panel to meet Punjab MLAs today

  India | May 31, 2021 9:00 IST

  Sidhu has remained away from Punjab politics ever since he resigned from the state cabinet. Sidhu served as the local bodies minister and also held charge of the tourism ministry. He resigned in July 2019.

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  Don't hold protest over COVID, it may prove super-spreader: Punjab CM to farmers

  India | May 23, 2021 19:50 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) not to hold their planned sit-in over his government's "failure" to tackle coronavirus, saying their three-day protest may turn into a super-spreader. 

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  Navjot Singh Sidhu targets CM Amarinder Singh again as factional feud in Punjab Congress intensifies

  India | May 19, 2021 10:21 IST

  Congress said there is no factionalism in its Punjab unit but only diversity of views among the leaders. 

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  Congress MLA Pargat Singh accuses Punjab CM of threatening him

  News | May 17, 2021 19:40 IST

  Congress MLA Pargat Singh accuses Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh of threatening him.

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  Explore possibility of Sputnik V procurement: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

  India | May 16, 2021 18:59 IST

  Addressing the virtual Covid review meeting, he said 1 lakh doses received initially for 18-44 category had almost been completely utilized.

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  COVID-19: Worst-hit six districts in Punjab to tighten micro containment, says CM Amarinder Singh

  India | April 30, 2021 21:04 IST

  Lockdown is not a solution as it will lead to exodus of the labourers and force them to go to states with even lesser medical facilities, Amarinder Singh said.

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  Sidhu's outbursts against his own govt total indiscipline; he may be leaving for AAP: Amarinder

  India | April 27, 2021 21:01 IST

  The Punjab CM also dared the ex-Punjab minister and Amritsar MLA to contest Assembly polls against him from Patiala.  

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  Oxygen depleting fast, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh writes to Centre

  India | April 25, 2021 20:58 IST

  With Oxygen supplies in the state depleting fast, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday sent another SOS letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan, for the second time in two days, for urgent increase in allocation of quota.

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  Punjab government imposes ban on sand mining at night

  India | April 24, 2021 17:26 IST

  Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, who chaired a review meeting over the issue, directed police and ED (Mining) to take strict action against those found engaged in mining operations at night.

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  Punjab CM writes to Centre; seeks postponement of CBSE board exams for Classes 10, 12

  India | April 14, 2021 13:03 IST

  Citing the increasing national COVID-19 figures, Captain Amarinder said that quite understandably, "the steady increase in COVID-19 cases in most states of the country has created a sense of great apprehension and anguish among students and parents alike regarding the board examinations for classes 10 and 12.”

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  Amarinder Singh rejects IPS officer's resignation over 'court order’

  India | April 13, 2021 18:54 IST

  Inspector General Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh headed the Special Investigation Team of the Punjab police, probing the 2015 police action in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in Faridkot district

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  Prashant Kishor has no role in ticket distribution: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

  India | April 13, 2021 17:19 IST

  There are set norms and patterns for ticket allocation in the Congress, which are followed in all elections in all states, Amarinder Singh said.

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  Amarinder Singh's SOS to Centre after 81% new Covid samples in Punjab found to be UK variant

  India | March 23, 2021 14:08 IST

  Amarinder Singh also appealed to people to get themselves vaccinated and stressed the need for the Central government to urgently open up vaccination for a larger section of the population.